- Created by
- Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- Lunch Break, and the Pretzel Man Was There - New York City
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 146.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a man selling pretzels from his basket on a sidewalk.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Photography
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Object number
- 2010.74.110
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Joe Schwartz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




